tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post826338402733819864..comments2023-12-14T18:17:52.957-08:00Comments on The Train Wreck Love Life: some enchanted evening, you may see a strangerEmilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-47359615329850089902011-06-21T15:27:47.366-07:002011-06-21T15:27:47.366-07:00I am prone to hyperbole and drama; and from what y...I am prone to hyperbole and drama; and from what you said, yes, it was a leap from registering hurt over statements made, to hatred.<br /><br />(That being said, there are people who do hate me on the grid. This I well know, and that is unfortunately fact, not fantasy.)<br /><br />So...pushing aside the over-emotionalism (as much as I can, this IS a hot-button topic for me): I apologize for grouping everyone who has ever been drawn to virtual pets as intellectually diminished, and incapable of learning. That was a broad generalization; you are right. I apologize.<br /><br />However. Find me one person who rents a 4096 parcel on <i>any</i> estate who has over 75 pets out and:<br /><br />* is over a year old on the grid<br />* can hold a conversation without resorting to leetspeak<br />* has actually read the covenant for their estate<br /><br />and I will be pleased to meet them and revise my opinion.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-71967432329354392272011-06-21T15:03:46.422-07:002011-06-21T15:03:46.422-07:00Urm... when did I say I would hate you? I'm ob...Urm... when did I say I would hate you? I'm objecting to insulting peoples' intellect based on their hobbies; given that, why in the nine worlds would I insult someone or dislike them based on a single opinion?<br /><br />I am saddened and hurt by my suddenly being described as an unintelligent, horrible person based on one of my SL hobbies, but I don't hate any of the people describing me thus; that seems rather pointless to me. I'd like the people who like to insult people based on their hobbies to maybe rethink their stance and their decision to insult people, but I'm certainly not going to insult you to do so. Again, seems rather pointless.<br /><br />This seems to be in a bit of a negative cycle, though, if I've come off as now hating you - so having said I don't, I will leave the discussion here.Deoridhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235419292633778692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-12309961862310296802011-06-18T23:39:16.749-07:002011-06-18T23:39:16.749-07:00And you're free to do that; I've been hate...And you're free to do that; I've been hated before, I'll be hated again. This is nothing new for me.<br /><br />But in all honesty, you find me one person who is renting, not owning their own land outright, who has eighty-nine pets out on their parcel, who has a working brain, an understanding of grammar and spelling, and an appreciation of collision physics and scripting cost...and I'll laugh, because like as not, that person either has moved to their <i>own</i> sim (or, more bafflingly, usually a <i>homestead),</i> or <b>DOESN'T HAVE EIGHTY-NINE PETS OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE</b>.<br /><br />Look. Whatever draws people to scripted pets--I don't get it, and that's fine, I'm obviously not the target market. But it's a pattern of behavior. I have yet to find <i>one</i>, even just <i>one</i>, single, solitary, avatar who is lagging out their sim with forty-two or eighty-nine or one hundred and eighteen (all actual numbers of scripted pets, usually horses or Meeroos) little breedables, who has not been stupid, argumentative, unreasonable, and obnoxious.<br /><br />And I've had it. This is the moment where I snapped. And if you're willing to be in the 60% of people who like to have all the scripted pets in the universe, and get offended when we point out the covenant rules you agreed to when renting our land, and are completely confused when we explain that the constant draining lag on your sim is because of your pets, and put more out anyway...well, more power to you, then, have fun.<br /><br />As long as it lasts.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-50907980731193269742011-06-18T22:56:08.105-07:002011-06-18T22:56:08.105-07:00"The hate-on for breedables is not, really, a..."The hate-on for breedables is not, really, about the breedables themselves, but it's solely about quantity."<br /><br />Except the language used around it also isn't about the breedables, but rather the intellect of the people who raise them. Frankly, I gladly take my place among the 60% without brains due to my hobbies, if the alternative is to dislike people based on their hobbies and make insulting generalizations about them.Deoridhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235419292633778692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-65660688619013028732011-06-18T19:39:29.700-07:002011-06-18T19:39:29.700-07:00I don't think you're in that 60% of avatar...I don't think you're in that 60% of avatars who aren't using their brains as anything but convenient skull fluff. For one thing, you can spell.<br /><br />The hate-on for breedables is not, really, about the breedables themselves (save for Sion chickens--their collision rates were, and ALWAYS were, abysmal; even Azriel, when he bought into them, had to specially design the floor of the pen because the floor of the bespoke <i>pen</i> was causing more problems than the <i>birds!)</i>, but it's solely about quantity.<br /><br />I offer an example. Say you own a sim. It's a full sim, not a homestead. You have perhaps 700 prims down before you launch your Amaretto breeding ranch. <i>You</i> have control over how often you can restart your sim; <i>you</i> have control over how many prims you have down at any given time. On a full sim, especially if it's left mostly undeveloped, you could put down three hundred horses, easy. It might lag that sim to death, but you could do it.<br /><br />Conversely, our usual pet-owning tenant. They don't own one pet, see how it works, then buy one or two more. They, nearly to a single avatar, buy fifteen at once, plunk them all down, activate them to breed, and watch the sim fill up. And they have the gall to complain when we come in and tell them to reduce their pets. (Or, even better, they complain to us about the lag that THEY are causing with THEIR pets!)<br /><br />If someone wants to plunk a bunch of breedable pets in the middle of their sim--it's <i>their</i> sim. I may be wary of the lag that will cause, but it's their sim, their rules.<br /><br />With most of our pet-owning tenants, it's not their sim, and they're only using a portion of it, not the full thing. And they generally own enough land to allow 5% of the total pets they want out. <i>That</i> is unbelievably stupid, there is no other term for it.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-91183913885673171062011-06-18T19:27:17.170-07:002011-06-18T19:27:17.170-07:00Honestly, outside of people being angry about cove...Honestly, outside of people being angry about covenant-breaking things, I can't understand the hate-on for breedables. I guess I can understand people not wanting to play with them or participate, but I'm getting a bit tired of people outright saying I'm not creative, I'm a spendthrift, and I shouldn't be on Second Life because of one of my hobbies.<br /><br />I guess I just don't understand why simply by playing farmville (which I do sometimes) or breeding meeroos suddenly I have shallow horizons and I'm unintelligent and uncreative. I'm trying to accept that people will simply judge and dislike me based on one or two choices, but that doesn't make it not hurt.Deoridhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235419292633778692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-238672442102532732011-06-16T23:15:22.663-07:002011-06-16T23:15:22.663-07:00See, the lol is VITAL.
What kills me about this--...See, the lol is VITAL.<br /><br />What kills me about this--and I'm not exempt--is the complete lack of comprehension on attachments and scripting. Scripted hair, shoes, and skirts? Maybe listening scripts for a HUD? A necklace that someone made out of seventeen tortured megaprims made invisible? People have <i>no clue</i> about the server-side/client-side split, let alone a single thing about collision rates...but you'd think <i>some</i> of this would sink in by osmosis, if nothing else, after the Sion chicken debacle.<br /><br />But then, I remain convinced that 60% of all avatars on the grid use their internet connections to connect to Second Life, play Farmville on Facebook, and watch videos about cats. It's such a broader range of field, people...expand your horizons! Learn something!Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-25143810433961627882011-06-16T22:43:44.405-07:002011-06-16T22:43:44.405-07:00lol
I forgot the lol
bad Fogwomanlol<br />I forgot the lol<br />bad FogwomanAunt Foggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822854807566491775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-8342637308119835952011-06-16T22:43:22.988-07:002011-06-16T22:43:22.988-07:00but i disagree with ur rulz cuz there stoopid and ...but i disagree with ur rulz cuz there stoopid and itz a free country and i cn hav all horses n meeroos i wantAunt Foggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822854807566491775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-89150451346894053802011-06-16T11:01:03.975-07:002011-06-16T11:01:03.975-07:00Strangelings? Great...
People get crazy about pet...Strangelings? Great...<br /><br />People get crazy about pets in any reality, I know this. At one point, I lived in a house that could have qualified for an animal shelter, my roommates had so many pets, so I understand the impulse. What I don't get is so many estates have specific rules and regulations expressly concerning breedable pets, that are not there for any other type of scripted item.<br /><br />And, with the covenants I've read, Solace Beach is <i>tolerant</i>, all things considered. So it's just the people not thinking this nonsense through. Because eighty-nine pets on a 2048 parcel won't fly in <i>any</i> sim!Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-79254056928361290392011-06-16T10:07:35.145-07:002011-06-16T10:07:35.145-07:00Epic chat posts there. XD You just have to love wh...Epic chat posts there. XD You just have to love what people say and do. But on the breedables; ugh I wish it was a trend that would go away. Next thing from Ozimals is strangelings! Woooo! Another thing for people to go nuts over. =_= I just don't see how people can waste so much money on these things and just not care. Ah well. XDSerenity Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911695658722261308noreply@blogger.com